Until the 2020 presidential election was finally decided, words never seemed to cause consequence for Donald Trump. Unlike any political candidate in recent memory, Trump seemed immune to harm from multiple arrogant, hateful, narcissistic, sexist, and foolish utterings. I won’t repeat them here; anyone can…
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2020 will be a year not soon forgotten. Not only were we plagued by the COVID-19 pandemic, but also the plague of systemic racism. In the summer of 2020, we witnessed an unprecedented number of protests across the country following the death of George Floyd.…
Governor Ron DeSantis has reportedly drafted legislation that would unnecessarily expand Florida’s already controversial Stand Your Ground (SYG) law. Under current SYG laws, someone is justified in using deadly force if they “reasonably believe” it is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm.…
Last week, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced plans to file charges against at least a dozen priests in the state as part of a two-year-long clergy abuse investigation within the Catholic Church. To date, the state’s investigation has led to charges against eleven people,…
On September 3, Virginia Randal wrote a 5-star Amazon review of my novel, Betrayal in Black, calling the book “Tragically Realistic.” Ms. Randal wrote: “This country has been increasingly more divided, and racial tensions have been growing seemingly out of control recently, and I picked…
On August 1, 2020, I released my 5th Zachary Blake Legal Thriller Series novel. Betrayal High, like other the courtroom dramas in the series, is based on contemporary, real-life issues, and its inspiration comes from an all-too-common occurrence. In this case, however, the occurrence hit…
Most people have seen the eight-minute video of George Floyd lying on his stomach in the street, handcuffed, with the weight of a police officer’s knee pressing down on his neck, while all four officers on the scene ignore Floyd’s cries for breath. Year after…
Patrick Daley, a former fifth-grade teacher, was convicted last October of sexually abusing eight boys over a three year period. He was sentenced up to 15 years in prison. Now, the family of one of the victims has filed a lawsuit against the Holt (Michigan)…
“While thousands of Americans perish daily from Covid-19, the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, has chosen a scapegoat to distract from our government’s failures. Claiming that the disease will become “the biggest trial lawyer bonanza in history,” Mr. McConnell is drafting legislation to protect the…
We have all been familiar with the phrase “driving while black” for some time. Last week, I wrote about an incident of “jogging while black.” Sadly, a recent tragedy presents the unthinkable – “sleeping while black.” On March 13, an African-American woman from Kentucky was…
